Make a NTLDR boot disk to get back into Windows.

The quick test to make sure your OS installation is still good is to create an MBR and
NTLDR on a floppy disk and check your partitions, this disk ill check many of the
partitions for a orking indos installation! "ere are the instructions to do this#
$! %et a &lank floppy'cd(r'us& )hate*er is on it ill &e erased+, and put it into a orking
computer!
,! -f you ha*e a orking .indos machine donload my fi/# 0loppy fi/ntldr!e/e 1 2D(R
fi/ntldriso!3ip 1 4SB ntldrus&!3ip onto a orking computer
).hat if - don5t ant to donload a file from a e&site - don5t trust6+!
Do you remem&er if the &roken computers had the .indos installation in 7.indos76 -f
you can5t remem&er 8ust keep going ).hat if it as not named .indos &ut .-NNT like in
NT9 or ,:::6+ !
)-f your &ackup system is NT9 or .indos ,:::# .hat if my &ackup system is Mac ' Linu/
or another alt OS6+!
;! Make the ne &oot disk#
<0loppy# Run the fi/ntldr!e/e file &y dou&le clicking it! 2lick O= to o*errite the &lank
floppy disc in the orking computer, you should see some screens a&out riting a ne
floppy disk! )no go to step 9+
<2D(R# e/tract the fi/ntldriso!3ip file &y right clicking it and choosing 7>/tract ?ll7 then
Ne/t@Ne/t@0inish and then &urn the -SO image onto a 2D, if your computer does not allo
&urning of -SO image files, you can donload -SO Recorder from
http#''isorecorder!ale/feinman!com'isorecorder!htm and then you can 8ust right click the -SO
file to &urn it to the 2D(R )no go to step 9+
<4SB# Right click the ntldrus&!3ip file and choose 7>/tract ?ll7 Ne/t@Ne/t@0inish
Then -nsert your 4SB Stick into the orking computerA
Dou&le(click "B4SB0.!>C> in the ntldrus& folderA
2heck 72reate a DOS startup disk7 and 7using DOS system files located at7 then press the
grey &utton ith the 7!!!7A
? &o/ ill come up asking you hich folder to select, point it to the 7dos system files7
folderA
Bress O=A Bress StartA Bress DesA Let it run for 8ust a fe minutes till a ne &o/ comes upA
Bress O=A Bress 2loseA
Open the 7putonus&7 folder, copy all the files, paste them onto the us& stick )8ust in the root
of the dri*e, like >#E+A
>8ect the 4SB StickA Remo*e it from your computerA
Blace it into the computer ith the 7NTLDR is missing7 issue, re&oot it!
Dou ill see the .indos FG screen pop up for a second, then you ill see a &lack screen
ith hite letters prompting you to 7replace &oot sector of the dri*e 2# )y'n+7, press the y
keyA
-t ill go to a 2#E prompt, re&oot the computer &y pressing 2trlH?ltHDelA )no go to step 9+
9! But the ne floppy'cd(r'us& you ha*e 8ust created into the computer that gets the NTLDR
is missing error message, turn the &roken computer off!
Using the boot disk in the computer with the "NTLDR is missing" error.
Start &ack up the &roken computer ith the floppy'cd(r'us& inside it'plugged into it! Once
your computer gets past the B-OS screen your computer should try to access the &oot disk
and you should see a &lack screen ith hite letters ).hat if - don5t see this screen6+! that
says#
$ST TRD T"-S seleccione esto primero
,ND TRD T"-S essaye3 ceci en deu3ieme
;RD TRD T"-S ahlen Sie diesen Third
9T" TRD T"-S sele3ioni questo fourth
IT" TRD T"-S selecione este fifth
JT" TRD T"-S seleccione este se/to
KT" TRD T"-S essaye3 ceci en septieme
GT" TRD T"-S ahlen Sie dieses achte
FT" TRD T"-S sele3ioni questo nono
$:T" TRD T"-S selecione este decimo
)- thre in some Spanish ' 0rench ' %erman ' -talian ' Bortuguese for international fla*or!+
This file is set up to automatically select the 7$ST TRD T"-S7 choice after ;: seconds! Try it
first, if it as the rong selection, you ill likely get one of these four errors#
$! .indos could not start &ecause file 7L.indos Root@Esystem;,Ehal!dll as missing or
corrupt
,! .indos could not start &ecause of a computer disk hardare configuration pro&lem!
2ould not read from the selected &oot disk! 2heck &oot path and disk hardare! Blease check
the .indos documentation a&out hardare disk configuration and your hardare reference
manuals for additional information!
;! -'O >rror accessing &oot sector file multi):+disk):+fdisk):+EBOOTS>2T!DOS
9! -mmediate re&oot
-f you get the immediate re&oot or some other eird error, try pressing 0G at the 7$st Try
This7 selection screen, it ill gi*e you a prompt here you can select Safe Mode, and then
try the 7$st Try This7 option again! Safe Mode is a special 7minimal7 *ersion of .indos
that doesn5t load certain parts of the operating system that might ha*e caused the pro&lem!
One of the choices should e*entually &oot you &ack into .indos! ).hat if none of the
options orked6+ !
Use windows to fix the boot fies on the hard dri!e.
-f you got &ack into .indos, stop hate*er you are doing and &ackup your most important
information from this computer!
No that you are done &acking up the most important info, try to change &ack hate*er you
ere last doing and &oot normally, it that doesn5t ork, put the floppy &ack into the &roken
computer and dou&le click the fi/ntldr!&at file on the floppy dri*e, if it asks you to o*errite
a file, 8ust type in y for yes )the file copies &oot!ini, ntldr, ntdetect!com from the floppy to the
2#E dri*e and remo*es the read only attri&utes+! That process take a fe minutes, then remo*e
the floppy and re&oot!
-f you are using the cd or us& solution, copy the &oot!ini, ntldr, and ntdetect!com files to My
2omputer @ Local Disk 2#E @ and o*erite hate*er files might &e there, then right click
each file, choose properties, uncheck the Read Only attri&ute, and click O=!
-f you get &ack into .indos again, you can change that 7$st Try This7 menu &y going into
Start @ 2ontrol Banel @ System @ ?d*anced ta& @ Startup and Reco*ery section, Settings
&utton @ System StartupA then change the 7Default Operating System#7 to the selection that
orked for you, and change the &o/ that says 7Time to display list of operating systems7 to
hoe*er many seconds you ant )usually $ second+! 2lick O= tice! ).hat if the &ootdisk
orked, &ut - can5t get into .indos ithout it6+ !
).hat if - ant to do further research6+ !